Henry Ford would go into automobile racing and then build his own car company. Ford's years in automobile racing was his way to improve the car and a chance to test it under competition. Soon though, he would get out of racing and go into business with ambitious and competitive James Couzens, who developed plans for a car company.
Couzens was able to start out the company with $28,000 in cash, and $21,000 in notes. The Ford Motor Company came out with the model A, the model B, and the model K in their beginning years. However, most of these cars were too expensive for the common man. So Ford decided that he would make a car that was affordable to the ordinary worker. For a few years, Ford and his technicians began building their next and most important car in history. In 1908, Ford brought out for the first time the Model T. It was so inexpensive because it was mass-produced on an assembly line. It was the first car to be manufactured on an assembly line. It was an ugly car, seven feet high with false doors and a crank. Even though it was ugly and simple, it was modern and affordable. .
The model T it was far ahead of its time. The car could generate it's own electricity for ignition and it had a planetary transmission which allowed women to drive it easily. It was easy to operate and had the most efficient gasoline gauge of its time. The greatest thing that came out from the Model T, was its influence in all of America. Since the Model T was the first affordable car, which reached a low of only $260 in 1925, it allowed the average American to own a car now. One thing the Model T helped in was the improvement of the roads. With more people out on the roads, many roads were now being paved, and highways and bridges were being built for cars. Also farmers saw the Model T effective, soon the redneck population was brought into the modern times. It was such a popular car, that over fifteen million were sold all over the world.
